The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-21
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

| Mrs. MACKAY allows herself 104 gowns a
year.
CANES have been happily described as an old
mans strength and young mans weakness.
THE richest lady in Baltimore is Mrs. G. NJ.
Hutton. daughter of Thomas Winans When
she wishes to spend $4,000, 900 on new bonnet
she can do it.
MRS Dr. ELLIS, an American ady, is pnysi-
clan to the Queen OF Corea. She has apartments
in the royal palace at Seoul, and receives an an
nual salary of $4,000
BAR HARBoR boasts of $4,000 washerwom-
an Her house, which she owns, is worth
that much; but she ref uses to sell it, and con-
tinues to scrub and starch as OF yore.
REV. j. FL. HECTOR of San Francisco. will
lecture for the benefit of the Starr King monu-
| ment fund. He is an African, and entered the
| Union army during the rebellion as drummer
NoDJEsKA will retire from the stage after the
| coming season and devote her artistic talent to
the poetical task of making more wool grow on
| her California lambs. Or so. at least, the West
| ern papers say.
| Mrs. EUREKA G. STOREY widow of Wilbur F.
Storey, of the Chicago Times, has become
nsrt portrait painter She took up the art
| pasume while awaiting the settlement of her
latb husbands So, 000 900 estate.
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER is of the opinion
| that two-thirds of the men to-day would rather
| be jaw Gould than James Russell Lowell. And
| probably nearly all men would rather be George
| Gould than either one of them.
THERE is hotel at Sugar Hill. in the White
| mountains, where the night Waterman and clerk
| are both divinity students, and the scrub girl
has been for five years teacher in public
| school, and speaks French and Latin
| WAYFARING and other persons annoyed Mrs.
| Elizabeth Cobb. of East Dedham, Mass, by
| sitting on her front fence. So she had the hired
man smear it with fresh tar, and now neghbors
with I'M ured raiment have evoked the law against
| her.
THE late Sgnor DepreLis was married at the
age of sixty-three to lady many years his
Junior. But his domestic life always sngu
larly happy. He left child, boy of ten,
who will be educated and fully cared for by the
King, Depretis having died poor man.
REV Dr. TwITCHELI, of Hartford. Conn.,, has
large family Of children. Growing tired of Sc
lectine names. he dubbed the tenth child
'.Tenny." name enphonious it is signfi-
cant. Since then he has had two more children,
but has not given them numerical names.
MRS. ANN ELIZA DEFINING, formerly we'll
known as Ann Eliza Young. the nineteenth wife
of the late Brigham Young, the head of the Nor
mon Church, now lives at Manistee, and is very
sick with dyspepsia, and by advice of physician
has entered upon a prolonged fast, which has
continued for nineteen days.
RICH THEODORE STEWART, of New York, who
died lately at Saratoga, left little to his kins-
folk, but distributed most Of his $500 900 among
his employees. His cafes and saloons in New
York he willed to three men in his employ. Last
year at Christmas eve the total receipts were
SIC, S29. Ia, and that amount he divided among
his thirty five employees.
AMONG the Hon. Frederick Douglass's fellow
voyagers his homeward trip Mr.. D. w.
Robertson, the well-known 'Tumbleronicon"
player. Mr.. Douglass presided at a concert
given the steamer, and a special compli-
ment to him Mr. Robertson played The Old
Folks at Home" This moved Mr.. Douglass to
make to the audience an interesting address on
his "reminiscences of slavery-days.
Cor. ROBERT HARLAN. of Cincinnati, is at
Saratoga. He is one of the most prominent
colored men in the country, and holds the Office
of State Senator in Ohio His influence over
his race is second only TO that of Fred Douglass
Colonel Harlan is we'll on in years. but has not
lost his love for horse-racing. He Is constant
attendant at the Saratoga track, and always
wagers little money on each race
ISAAC W. PHELPS, OF New York, has passed his
summers in Saratoga for the last fifty three
years. He has recently erected the most elegant
and striking cottage in the place Mr. Phelps is
now nearly eighty four years of age, but is in
good health and has clear and active intellect
His wife is woman OF fine presence and great
tact She was Miss Swartout of Troy. Mr.
Phelps's fortune is estimated at about
$10 000, 900.
MRS ELIZABETH CADY STANTON is in Paris
sitting daily for her portrait to an American
painter, Miss Anna E. Klumpke, of San Fran
cisco, who received honorable mention in
last years salon. Mrs. Stanton is sitting also to
the sculptor, Paul Bartlett of Boston, who ex-
hbts group in the present salon. He, too. has
has just received honorable mention. Mr..
Bartlett will probably execute the medallion of
Theodore Parker which will be placed on the
formers grave In Florence.
'There is nothing German in the appearance
of Prince Ferdinand" says the London World.
"He is thorough Bourbon, resembles his
grandfather, Louis Philippe, and is striking
likeness of Louis XIV, as represented in his
earlier portraits He was educated at the
Theresianum at Vienna. and subsequently, at
the Ecole Militaire He has served in the Aus
trian army, both in the cavalry and in the in
fantry. Prince Ferdinand is one of the closest
friends of the Crown Prince Rudolph. and they
have much the same tastes. He has scientific
collections at the family palace in Vienna which
contain great numb of and splendid
objects, and his aviary is probably the finest in
the world. He is very charitable, like his
mother, aud is fond of reading. music, and bot
any
A VERY subtle attemptis to be made to compel
the people of London to like American actors,
says the ST. James's Gazette This is to be
done by means of restaurant modelled on Del
monco's in New York. They feel in America
that have not taken so kindly to most of their
stars as expected, and some of them have
come to the conclusion that there s a remedy /
possible. mans temperament, it is argued, |
largely depends what he eats and drinks. /
Change his temperament, and his tastes change |
with it. The scheme now unfolds itself. By |
providing London with Delmonico's you |
gradually make it's temperament American; that |
again leads to American tastes and there you |
are It is not added whether the stars are to |
remain the other side until the change is
effected"
GEORGE W. MELVILLE, who has been pro- /
NOTED to the highest position to be attained in |
the navy engineer corps, that of engineer-in- |
chief with the rank of commodore, is a of |
striking appearance and despite the fact that he |
is Junior to fifty others the active list, not
murmur has been heard from his seniors who
might be supposed to be jealous of the selection.
His superior ability and many other qualifca-
tions appreciated by all of his fellows. He |
was born in New York in 1881. and consequently |
will not reach his retiring age until 1908, but |
having been chief of the Bureau of Steam En- |
cheering he will, if he serves full term of four |
be from dut |